If the secondary consumer in an ecosystem has 560 kcalm2yr
of energy, how much energy do the producers have?
To calculate the amount of energy the producers have in the ecosystem, we need to consider the 10% energy transfer rule in trophic levels. This rule dictates that only around 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next.
Therefore, to find out how much energy the producers have, we can divide the energy of the secondary consumer by 10%.
Energy of producers = Energy of secondary consumer / 0.10
Energy of producers = 560 kcalm2yr / 0.10
Energy of producers = 5600 kcalm2yr
Therefore, the producers in the ecosystem have 5600 kcalm2yr of energy.